{"id":149,"date":"2022-04-26T13:15:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T12:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/peebleshsscience\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2022-05-25T14:50:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T13:50:29","slug":"advanced-higher-physics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/peebleshsscience\/physics\/advanced-higher-physics\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Higher Physics overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the <strong>detailled<\/strong> course description, click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/peebleshsscience\/uploads\/sites\/3730\/2022\/04\/26131053\/Phys-AH-CourseDescription.pdf\">Phys-AH-CourseDescription.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>SUBJECT:\u00a0 \u00a0PHYSICS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>AWARD RECEIVED:\u00a0\u00a0 ADVANCED HIGHER\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>ENTRY LEVEL\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Students will normally have Higher Physics, preferably at A or B.<\/p>\n<h3>COURSE CONTENT<\/h3>\n<p>The Course is split up into 4 Units, with the Key Areas covered in each outlined below:<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Unit 1 &#8211; Rotational Motion and Astrophysics<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This Unit covers the Key Areas of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kinematic relationships<\/li>\n<li>Angular motion<\/li>\n<li>Rotational dynamics<\/li>\n<li>Gravitation<\/li>\n<li>General relativity<\/li>\n<li>Stellar physics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Unit 2 &#8211; Quanta and Waves <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This Unit covers the Key Areas of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction to quantum theory<\/li>\n<li>Particles from space<\/li>\n<li>Simple harmonic motion<\/li>\n<li>Waves<\/li>\n<li>Interference<\/li>\n<li>Polarisation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Unit 3 &#8211; Electromagnetism <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This Unit covers the Key Areas of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fields<\/li>\n<li>Circuits<\/li>\n<li>Electromagnetic radiation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Unit 4 &#8211; Investigating Physics<\/h3>\n<p>In this Unit, learners will develop key investigative skills. The Unit offers opportunities for independent learning set within the context of experimental Physics. Learners will identify, research, plan and carry out a Physics investigation of their choice.<\/p>\n<h3>Project<\/h3>\n<p>As part of their Advanced Higher Physics Course, students need to carry out a practical Investigation\/Project. This could be on any related topic they choose, or it could be on a theme suggested by their teacher. Students will be supported through their Project, but they will also be expected to make progress independently for some of the time. They need to keep a \u2018log-book\u2019 of their on-going work and then produce a Report of their Investigation. The \u2018log-book\u2019 gets checked and marked internally by their teacher and the Report is externally marked by the SQA, which then counts towards their final, overall Grade, along with their Exam score.<\/p>\n<h3>ASSESSMENT<\/h3>\n<p>To gain an overall Award for this Course, students need to pass the:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Unit Assessments <\/strong>for each of the Units \u2013 these are marked internally in school;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Course Assessment<\/strong>, which is marked by the SQA and includes an<strong>: \u00a0<\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Project <\/strong>(30 marks)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exam <\/strong>(100 marks)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Course assessment is graded A\u2013D. The grade is determined on the basis of the total mark for all Course assessments together.<\/p>\n<h3>HOMEWORK<\/h3>\n<p>Homework is an essential part of the course. It helps prepare students for unit tests, prelim and final examinations. Homework will take the form of: write up of course lab work; extended answer questions; data handling questions; practise problems; regular revision of all the material covered in the course and preparation of the Investigation Report.<\/p>\n<h3>TRANSFERABLE SKILLS<\/h3>\n<p>There are many very useful and valuable transferable skills gained by studying Advanced Higher Physics, including: researching, ICT, reporting, numeracy, literacy, graphing, investigating, practical experimental skills, analysing, presentation, evaluating, to name a few.<\/p>\n<h3>PROGRESSION<\/h3>\n<p>There is good progression from this Course on to further study at University as well as providing an excellent advantage to those seeking employment in a wide range of professions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the detailled course description, click Phys-AH-CourseDescription. SUBJECT:\u00a0 \u00a0PHYSICS AWARD RECEIVED:\u00a0\u00a0 ADVANCED HIGHER\u00a0 ENTRY LEVEL\u00a0 Students will normally have Higher Physics, preferably at A or B. COURSE CONTENT The Course is split up into 4 Units, with the Key Areas covered in each outlined below: Unit 1 &#8211; Rotational Motion and Astrophysics This Unit covers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/peebleshsscience\/physics\/advanced-higher-physics\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advanced Higher Physics overview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9170,"featured_media":0,"parent":48,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-149","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/peebleshsscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/peebleshsscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/peebleshsscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/peebleshsscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9170"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/peebleshsscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/peebleshsscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/peebleshsscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149\/revisions\/348"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/peebleshsscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/peebleshsscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}